Sleep Fragmentation Hypersensitizes Healthy Young Women to Deep and Superficial Experimental Pain

Our findings that pain-free, young women develop hyperalgesia to superficial and deep-muscle pain after short-term sleep disruption highlight the need for effective sleep management strategies in patients with pain. Findings also suggest the possibility that short-term sleep disruption associated with recurrent acute pain could contribute to increased risk for future chronic pain conditions

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